Wichita police arrest man suspected of robbing Intrust Bank inside Dillons store

Police have arrested a man suspected of robbing a bank inside a southeast Wichita grocery store Tuesday afternoon.

The robbery happened at Intrust Bank, 5500 E. Harry, inside the Dillons store at Harry and Edgemoor, said Dixon Land, a Federal Bureau of Investigation spokesperson.

The robber gave a note demanding cash to a bank teller at around 1:25 p.m., then left the store with money, police Officer Kevin Wheeler said in a news release. Detectives and officers investigating the robbery identified the location of a suspect, and he was arrested.

Wheeler said the 20-year-old man was taken into custody in the 1000 block of South Dalton, near Harry and Rock. Police did not identify him.

The man had threatened he had a weapon during the robbery, though no weapon was displayed, Land said. No injuries were reported in the robbery.

The police and FBI investigation is ongoing.

This story was originally published July 23, 2019 at 2:26 PM.